Herbert Kupferberg (1918 – February 22, 2001) was an American music critic and

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of '' Parade Magazine''.Sarasota Herald-Tribune: At Death of Herbert Kupferberg, February 28, 2001. Access date: September 13, 2016
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Career

Kupferberg earned

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from

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. For more than twenty years, he was an editor and critic for the '' New York Herald Tribune''. After its demise in 1966, he joined Parade. He also wrote reviews for ''

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'' and the '' National Observer''.

Writing

He published several books, including ''Those Fabulous Philadelphians: The Life and Times of a Great Orchestra'' (1970) and ''Amadeus: A Mozart Mosaic'' (1986). Other books include: * ''The Mendelssohns: Three Generations of Genius'', 1972 * ''Felix Mendelssohn: His Life, His Family, His Music'', 1972 * ''A Rainbow of Sound: The Instruments of the Orchestra and Their Music'', with Morris Warman's photographs, 1973 * ''Tanglewood'', 1976 * ''Opera'', 1979 * ''Basically Bach: A 300th Birthday Celebration'', 1985 * ''Book of Classical Music Lists'', 1988

Death

On February 22, 2001, Kupferberg died aged 83 in New York City. He was survived by his wife, Barbara; two sons, Seth and Joel; a daughter, Natalie; and four grandchildren.

References

External links

''New York Times'' obituary
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kupferberg, Herbert (music critic) 1918 births 2001 deaths American magazine editors American music critics Opera critics 20th-century American non-fiction writers 20th-century American male writers American male non-fiction writers Columbia University alumni